He had not experienced such joy for two months and a goal scored against Brann Bergen in the Europa League – a drought which even went back three months in terms of his final achievement in the championship, during the 2e lifted at the end of August against Monaco.
This Sunday at the end of the 13e day of Ligue 1, Olivier Giroud allowed Lille to equalize before the break (40e) against a Paris FC who had quickly taken the lead thanks to Willem Geubbels (11e).
Upon receiving a good cross from Romain Perraud in the box after a nice solo number by Osame Sahraoui, the record holder for the number of goals scored in the French team (57) did not tremble. Here he is credited with a fourth banderilla this season (in 15 outings) – the third planted in L1 (in 11 contested days).